Heel-lift-assembling machine



se mzs ,,192s. 11,416,683

' I S. J. WENTWORTH HEEL LIFT ASSEMBLING MACHINE Filed Aux-1,. 25 1919 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Sept-25,1923. mfiwsg J. WENTWORTH HEEL LIFT ASSEMBLING MACHINE Filed Aug. 25 1919 3Sheets-Sheet 2 Sept. 25 1923; 1,45%;583

S. J. WENTWORTH HEEL LIFT ASSEMBLING MACHINE Filed Aug. 25 1919 3 Sheets-Sheefl chines and more particularly to thattype oi machine Which fassembles adhe sively coated i lifts in piles preparatory to suhseqiient treatment such as eonipre'ss'ngthefpiles.

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WEN'IWQETH, E NEWPQRT, MACHINER canto-newton, DEEPATEBSQN, NEW JEnsEY, A COEPGRATION OF NEW KENTUCKY, 'ASSIGNOR T0 UNITED SHOE HEIhL-LIFT-ASSEMBLING MACHINE.

Application filed August 25,1919; sei'iai no. 319,717.

To 'aZZachom' it may concern Be it known thatfI, SAMUEL J. WEN'n WORTH, a citizen ofthe United States, restling' in Uewport,' in the county of Campbell and State of Kentucky, have invented certain'lni inoveincnts in Heel Lift-Assemhling Machines of which the fOllOW1I1 ""l 6STI'1 tion, in connection with the accompanying;

' drawings; is especificetion, like reference characters on the ClIZL WlDgS i'nchcatlng Tlilze partsin the severalfigures.

This invention relates to heel buildingim'i An object'o'f the present invention is. to provide nnie'ionomicel machine Which will. satisfactorily supply paste or cement to the under surfaces of liftsfin plurality oi. inngz zines'nnd gathei? those lifts into a pile.

To thisend," a feature at the invention consists in a plurality of lift magazines u'nich ere movably mounted and which ere shifted from one-position to another, ad-

.hesive-heing applied simultaneously to the lower hits of the magazines While the lat ten are in onepositioinnndthe coated lifts being gathered into :1 pile after the inn zines are returned to normal position.

Pi-o't'ei'nhly end in accordance with :1 feetuie ot' my invention. pzistenpplyingr :ind hid-gathering mechanisms are mounted side l'ii side in position to nct alternately on. lifts EQITiQCl by a laterally ino 'nble plui'nlit oi? EIZHIGS. 1 Another if'entui'e'ot' the. inventionconiiprises means for supporting the mega-Zines which will require no i estenings to secure the 'mp nzines iii plnce, thereby enabling the zinesto he readily li ed from ope?- The nvention also consist in certain cnihodinient oi the invention will he "the einhodiinenifdescribed.in detail. e ie claims at the end 7 of seidjspecification i S'iecififiillv described to? the nuinose (at il i118: fon hntit-is to he node-stood the. the invention is not limited in its scope cot so far Lesdefined'lo;

is en elevationlooking from the tight 01"" Fur 1;

Fig. 3 is a View similar to the upper poition of Pi 2 but illustrating the lift magi zines-in e difierent position;

v t is a perspective of parts of the machine lookingii'oni 5: point behind the 7 hand end of Fig Lapnrts being broken out [to illustrate details;

Fig; .5 isn hi'okeii out perspective view' ofone ofthe'hft magazines or tuhes, 1llustrat-ing the support therefor; and

Fig. 6' is a'perspe tivc View oit'the littt col lecting slide or block withn succession of lifts gathered thereon.

A suitable fi'zinie l2 is provided with legs 13 and at "each end has an npri 'ht 14%. At

the tops of the uprights iiie hearings to support the swinging" series 01 row of lift holding magazines. The frame for supporting the magazines comprises side hats 16 held PIOPQTlySPHCHl hv end blocks 1'? (Fig. 4i) havingtrunnions 18 mounted in the heming's 15. hlounted in the side l): 16 and extendingznci'oss the space between sa d av are tl'nnsmi'fse pins 19. said pins hcing located it ,e'i'adunllv inciensiiig liciia'hts statiing from the lO'iihlitllHl end in F g.1. 1.

Each lift niannzine 0? tube 520 is toi'nied or provided with oppositely projecting ha rs 21.122. is illustinted in Fitz. the two lugs 21. rest upon-one transverse pin if). While the lugs 22- et the opposite sideot the meanzines rest upon the next pin 19. In other one/slot. the sei'ics has resting nnon t two lugs 29 of onemeonzinea nd the l oi the nextimngazine which in n h'qhei nlzine. (the lugs oi the one nizmnzino en tei'inp; the siince between the two lugs 525 of the next magazine 'This sti'uctui'e ennhlcs any 01 all of the innggnzines'to he lifted out for any purpose such a filling them with lifts. or loi 'lennin thenL or to enable ditici'ent sizes ot meg ezines to he readily mounted in position. The lower end of eenl magazine open and is formed o ni'ovided with ledges (Fig. to snppoii the h a enclosed in the magazines; with the margins of the lower lift resting on semi ledges. -ALt termed the front The bars 27 are held properly spaeed at their ends by spacing strips 28, holtsQl) and rear of each magazine the materialthereof is cut-aniay so to permit the edgc- 7 Wise removal of 'the' bottoni-lnost lift fromthe magazine in the manner hereinafter de-' scribed. V i V V i One'w'ay to provide for a steady support and close fit of the magazines between the the rocking 1 1111116 16, 17, when different s zes of magazines are employed, is to vary the size of tie lugs 21, 22. For instance,

illustrated in Figure l are to l;.e employed, then the lugs Wlll he lQlfltlVElY larger. -That is the lugs QljVill he of sizelaterally to snugly it the inner Walls oi the bars 16' and tlie'lugs 22 Willhavea length tore oh the surf; e of the next magazine.

4 To' -remove lifts a succes i el row of magazines and gath pile as shown in Fig.0 I'pro' i de a 7 ing' Carriage or block havin flanges 25 engaging slots or .spaces 26 heti bars .27,- there hein a pair, oi. barsat each side or the machine byfcomparing Figs. 2, and 4.

as; shown passing down through the feet of the uprights 14 and through the ends of the bars 27" and strips 28- intothe upper portion of the frame 12. V in the upper middle portion of the block 24 are lift-removing pins 30 a cross har 31 (Fig 4) bein secured to both of said pins, the ends of said bar GXlTQDCllHQ' into verti block 2%.

By means of suitable springs '32? V the bar :Bland the pins 30 are returned to as hereinafter deserihed.

lower position after they have ween raised The lower ends of the two pins 30 are connected by a cross pin 3% on which mounted a roll adapted; the slide l'iloek is shifted from the R left hand portion of Fig. l to the right hand portion, to pass successively on to the steps of a bar 36 rigidly mounted in the frame of the machine the height of each step above that of the IJI'QCBdlIIQ'QHQ lieing Substantially equal to the thicknessof the material which is employed for the heel lifts (&.' Tl1e bar 36 mar he removaailc so that one havingj steps oi? different heights canhesubstituted theretor to accord with different thielniessot the material "from which the lifts have been out 7 In the ellll'JOhlIl'lOlli" oi the in ientien illus- 'hloek is one end of link 38' 6) the'otheriend of saidlinlz heingeonn V v ed to alever-39p1votally supported at d0 trated the li'tbcolleeiinp' slide block 24- is reciprocated tegather-the li'lts 'l roni the hot 'toms of: the magazines by the iizlow'iiip;

ineansr; a Connected to astud or pin S'Zf'o'? the '18 has an arm carrying apin is connected-by a link 47. with p of the upper member o elhow lever fii which 'ispivotallfik connected at to any:

ifmagazinesof lesstransverse capacity than from the H p 7 them into, CGDtlII the first one wlll he jn'esentfe o the'zapphcatlon of suitable cement herein- :lerj' i b de such guide frame and extendin parallel iln ith the'p.

over the ed e of thepaste reseri oir Mounted to slide vertical nions 58 mounted in the 'ends of the .l olifThe hrush or paste applier has o or guides or VHYS 89 in the inner walls oi the tion or step of the inclined tracl lide and connected b i a pitman ll- -irith' aerank 2) llflafllig j 312 actuated by a shaft fast and loose pulle; r I: As is shown n F1gJ l one of the which suitable portion of; the machine frame, The lower end ofthe eloow lever' lll ries a roll 51 Vindicatel .b'v'dotted-lines Fig.2 saidrollengaging roo-ve" earriedhy the shatter-3. The object o s construction just'descril'iedfis to st oscillating frame which is supported trunnionsl 18." and the row; ot m zines froinlthe positionindi ed 2 to that indicatedinrliigi so lower lift in each magazinelusiiallv z' after referred to as p'aste to ithe'lii surlaee thereof I Y: ielong paste reservoir 5 Qsupporte tl the frame of the maehin e, said reserve, having at its errds suitable" supports rod 52F (Figs. 2, 3' and Q); Mounted reserfioir is a'ro'ck shaft. 55 havingar 0 suitably bent or formed so as-to' be swung back there 3on1, said: arms-supporting ,a

paste brush or .equivalent 5?, said .paste brush or equivalent having pivots or trunmore tappet lugs '59 .4), to ea act with thorod 54 as presentlydescribed. An

arm of the rock shaft 55 er-irries a pin Gt connected by a link 62 with the 'pin 1.8 of the elbow lever l9. V

T '1' 1" b1 ."fn u 7 lie matnne s open u, as o owe 1;,

being;- assumed;that'the magazines 20 have had the requisite. number ot ;l 'l l's 1]of; suhstanliia'lly uniform thicknessplaced therein as indicated in Fig. 0; 'i-issun'iing that the normal relative positions of Lethe par-ts are anemone and as indicated in "l and 9, when the K118 chine is startedthe rotation 'ofl -lhe shaft 43 acts, through the crank 42, pitnianjll, lerer 39 and link 3S. to slide the block 2%!- toward the right trom the position shown At the start. the lift collecting,

in Fig. 1. pins 30 proit ,i enoughaho e the top of the block 24 to engage the edge of the lOWQXIDOShllflj in the first magazine. or

on Where the upper ends o'f the pi:

ahnitto pass under the second naga or tube; the roll 35 rides upon that zine or bar 36 i lchie in thenext higherp there? the springs 33 "sulhciently to 'eauSe-Zthe up per endsof thei pmsto; engage the edge Just he't'ore the slide block reaches a per-V by li'itting' the pins 30 against the aetionot ee-sees links 47; 62'; downwardly.

la neously results slide it outso that it rests with its under,

pasted surface uponthe top of the lift which has taken from the first maga- Zine. "This operation continues as the hloch progresses, the pins 30 successively removing the bottom lifts from the magazines and gathering them in a pile one on top ofthe other The pile oflifts thus gathered on the block 2% may he removed and trans ferred in any suitable manner to the next machine which is to operate upon the heel.

As soonas the gathering of the lifts from the magazines is completeth he elbow lever 49 is' actuated by the cam to move the This results in swinging the oscillating magazine frame from the the positionshown' in Fig. 3, and simul- 55 to swingthe paste applier up tromthe paste in the reservoir 53. During the last portion of the upward movement of the arms '56, and just as the "magazines are reaching theposition-indicated iniFig; 3 the t appet lugs 59 c-ontactwith the rpcl 5 5i resulting in swinging the brush up from its pendent position against and across the ..ower lifts in the of course, the lift in the lowermost magazine; the one at the left in Fig. 1', should receive no'paste. This result may he accomplished simplv by having the paste applie'r 01 such length that it willnot extend over the first magazine, In other words, ifthere are 16 magazines the paste applier will he otsrmlilength as tocont-act with. only 15 ot them, omitting the one at the left in 7 articular advantage resulting from settingthe pins 19 at gradually increasing heights along the frame 16, l'Zisthat the anagazines can he made as duplicates of each ther, partioularly'as to height; therehyproviding for economical construction of themagazmes. Moreover there is no nocessitg for assigninga definite location for each magazine. Either one of the mag'a- :zines canrhe placed anywhere along the I! rame.

Since the magazinesare duplicates inconlstructioii including their shoulders or lugs 21. 322 no tasteninrgsare required ii' 'OI. holding them in position. They can readily be lifted out for purposes such as hereinbefore described. i V.

The series of lift magazines, open at their lower ends and having the ledges presents lift delivering: mechanism while the carriage orhloc-k 2-1- and its'pins controlled by the; stepped loar or track 36 constitute lift-gathering me-chanism., the latter being longitudinall' "moralolej relatively .to the Inagazines while thesa1cl 11ft clehverinr mechanism is" laterally shiftable' relativelii f) h gatheringmechanlsi'n. The relative position shown in Fig. 2toward in actuating the rock shaft Vmechanism toloe succes Prcterahly, I

the magazines are in one of timing of operation of the crank 41-? and the groovecam is such that the returh morement of the lift-gathering mechanism to normal position occurs while the magazines :are still suiiiciently swung aside from the position shown in Fig. 2 to permitthe liih gatheringpins 30 to move hack idly. l n otherworcls, the timingof operation oi. he parts is such that the pins 3'!) oau remove litts from the magazines only while the carriage or block for said pins is moving in the proper direction relativel gvto the magazines; the magaziifies being then shitted out of position laterally so that 1 he pins can' 'not contact. with any lifts during treat of the carriageand pins to thenormal position of Figs. 1 and. t, This enables every, simple structure of '3 fully empi mechanism f requiring no adjust: e having-no small parts l'ahle to r ate. i l s Having clestrihedr invention, what 1' claim as new and e to secure hj' T ters Patent of the lluited States is:

1. A heel'li assemblingmachine, having combination, a plurality of movablv mounted lift niagq'aeine's, means for shifting the mags? lies "From one. position to another, means for applying paste simultaneouslv to lifts in alplura'lity of the magazines while said positions, and means for gathering the pasted litts into a pile after the magazines are returned to normal posi ti on,

LA heel lift assemhlinp; machine, luwin'gg in combination, an elongated paste applying meehanism. a guide parallel therewith,a litt tratherer movaole along said guide. and a pluralitv of lift magazines movable lrom ope 'ative relationship with the paste-applying mechanism to operative relationship with the lift ,qatherer. 1 s

I 3. In afmachine oi the class'descrihed. a pluralitv o't mo'rahle "littmagazines. litt e'athe'rine' mechanism. a paste applying device, and means for moving the magazines simultaneously at regular intervals into and out of (o-operative relation to the paste applying device. a

4%.111 a heel li t assembling? machine an oscillatorv frame lift magazines supported thereby. and pasteapplvinoand liihautherint: mechanisms mounted side hy site in p0- sltions to alternately act on lifts carried h themapgazines. V j

5 In a heel litt assembling machine. an oscillating l ra-me. litt mag-Mines reinovahlv carried therehv. and paste-applvingg and lift- 7 pa te reservoir and a lift-gathering mechae .n to opernism 'in'parallel relationship, an oscillating frame having a plurality of-lift magazines,

:means tor actuating the frame to cause the lower ends lot. the magazines tov alternately occupy positions over thereservoirand overZ the lift-gathering mechanism, and means for transferring paste from the reservoir to lower liits inthe magazines while they are over the reservoir.

' 7. In. a machine o t the class described, a frame having a longitudinal space, supports extending across'said space, lift magazines reinovably mounted on said supports, and,

paste-applying and lift--gatl1ering mechanisms for acting on litts carried by said :magazlnes.

8. In a machine of the classdescribed, a

laterally movable frame having a longitudt.

nal space, supports extending: acrossijsaid space, lift magazines removably mounted on said supports, and paste applying and hit gathering'mechanlsmsmounted side by side ried by the magazines.

in positions to"alte'rnately .act on lifts car- ,9; In a machine of. ihe class described, a

swinging frame having a longitudinal space, supports extending across said space, hit "magazines removably mountedcn sa d supports, and paste-applying and lift-gathering" mechanisms mounted side by side in posi- .tions to alternately act on lifts carried by the magazines.

10. In a machine of the class described, a laterally movable trame having a lon'gitw dinal space, supports extending across said sp.ace. li1tt magazines having hips bearing-on j said supports, and paste-applying and liftgathering mechanisms mounted side by side in positions to alternately act on lrtts carried bvthe ma 'azines,

11. In a machine oi? the class described,

the rombination with lift-gathering" mecha-' nism, of a frame having a longitudinal space, lift-magazines located in said space and having lugs. projecting from opposite walls, and supports extending across the space of said frame between the magazines andnnder the lugsot adjacent magazines.

- 12.'In a machine oi? the class described, the combination with lift-gathering" mechanism, of a frame having" a series of supports fat gradually 1 increasing heights, duplicateheight magazines mounted on said supports, and means for actuatingthe lift-gathering mechanism to successively removelitts from the lower ends oi the magazines.

13. In a machine of the class described,

' the combination with a series of magazines having lift-delivering lower ends at'gradually increasing heiglitseot a sliding carriage having vertically movablepins, a cross bar connecting said pins, the carriage having guideways for" the ends ot said bar, and

.. j means for gradually elevatingsaid pins as the-carr agemoves-under the magazines,

that direction of movement.

' neeaes lt. In a machine of the-class, described,

the combination with: a series-0t magazines having lift-delivering lowertends atv gradually increas ng heights, of a sllding carriage having;verticallymovable pins, crossi m: 'connectlng said p-ins, the carriage-liming guldeways for the.endsotsard bar, and

meanstor gradually elevatingsaid pinsias the carriage moves under the magazines, said elevating means comprising a stepped bar.below-thexcarriage and-a roll connected to said pins and constructed and. arranged to co-operate with the stepped bar-to impart SUCCQSSiVQ elevations to said pins,

In a. machine otthe class described;

the combination withlift-delivering mechanism, of lift-gatheringmechanism one being-.

longitudinally movable relatively; to the other, and means tor-shitting one'of' said mechanisms laterallyrelatiyely to the; other during one of the directions longitudinal moveilnent-to fa oldgather llli'is' during 16., In a machine of the V'c'lass" described,

a laterallymovable pluralityot mags-- zines, lift-gathering mechanism mounted to 3 reciprocate in a plane: below the magaz nes,-

position away from c'o operation' with the .e'athering mechanism during movement of in co-operativc relation to the paste applying device or the lift gathering mechanism, respectively, r r i 18.1111 a machine oftheclass described,

aplurality of lift magazines, lift-gathering mechanism,:a pastereservoir atone side. of

the gathering mechanismfa'paste applier movable from the reservoir to positionqto transfer paste tothe lower lifts in the plurality of magazines simultaneously, and.

means for shitting thev magazines to and from positionto c-o-operate with the paste applier, v V f 19. In a machine of the class described, a plurality of lift magazines,lif -gathering mechanism, a paste reservoir at one side of the gatheringinechanisnnn rock shaft hav} ing arms carrying a paste applies, means for sl'iiitting the magazines to locate their lower ends above the reservoir; and means for actuating the rock shaft to effect contact of the'paste applier viththe lower lifts in the plurality otmagazines simiiltaneously.

20. In a machine of theclass described, 1 a pasteapplying dev ce, a lift gathering'de V vice, and a plurality oi lift ngtagg'azines mo /3' able fl rom-a osition in which they are all in V r 1 eo-operative relation to; one of said devices to a-positionin which. they are all in co-opmeans for ctuating the rock shaft to elevate the paste applier, and means for tilting said paste applier when elevated, said tilting 10 means comprising a fixed stop and a tappet carried by the pivoted appher. i

In testlrnony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

SAMUEL J. \VENT /VORTH. 

